Topic
Forests
36 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 1 Samuel 14:25Torrey Abounded with wild honey
And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground.
- 1 Samuel 14:26Torrey Abounded with wild honey
And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath.
- 1 Samuel 22:5Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Hareth
¶ And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth.
- 1 Samuel 23:16Torrey Were places of refuge
¶ And Jonathan Saul’s son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.
- 2 Samuel 18:6Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Ephraim
¶ So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;
- 2 Samuel 18:8Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Ephraim
For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
- 1 Kings 5:6–8Torrey Supplied timber for building
Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee will I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt appoint: for thou knowest that there is not among us any…
- 1 Kings 7:2Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Lebanon
¶ He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.
- 1 Kings 10:17Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Lebanon
And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
- 2 Kings 19:23Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Carmel
By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I…
- 2 Chronicles 27:4Torrey Jotham built towers, &c, in
Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
- Nehemiah 2:8Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — The king's
And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me,…
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- Psalms 29:9 Torrey The power of God extends over
- Psalms 50:10 Torrey Infested by wild beasts
- Psalms 104:20 Torrey Infested by wild beasts
- Isaiah 2:13 Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Bashan
- Isaiah 9:18 Torrey Underbrush often in
- Isaiah 10:17 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — (Destroyed by fire,) of destruction of the wicked
- Isaiah 10:18 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — (Destroyed by fire,) of destruction of the wicked
- Isaiah 21:13 Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Arabian
- Isaiah 29:17 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — (A fruitful field turned into,) of the Jews rejected by God
- Isaiah 32:15 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — (A fruitful field turned into,) of the Jews rejected by God
- Isaiah 32:19 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of the unfruitful world
- Isaiah 37:24 Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Carmel
- Isaiah 44:14 Torrey Tracts of land covered with trees
- Isaiah 44:23 Torrey Called on to rejoice at God's mercy
- Isaiah 56:9 Torrey Infested by wild beasts
- Jeremiah 5:6 Torrey Infested by wild beasts
- Jeremiah 21:14 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — (Destroyed by fire,) of destruction of the wicked
- Jeremiah 46:23 Torrey Often destroyed by enemies
- Ezekiel 20:46 Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — The south
- Ezekiel 20:47 Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — The south
- Ezekiel 27:6 Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Bashan
- Micah 5:8 Torrey Infested by wild beasts
- Micah 7:14 Torrey Often afforded pasture
- Zechariah 11:2 Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Bashan
In the topical indexes
Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897) · 40 references, grouped by sub-topic
- Tracts of land covered with trees Isa 44:14
- Underbrush often in Isa 9:18
- Infested by wild beasts Ps 50:10; 104:20; Isa 56:9; Jer 5:6; Mic 5:8
- Abounded with wild honey 1Sa 14:25,26
- Often afforded pasture Mic 7:14
- MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE
- Supplied timber for building 1Ki 5:6-8
- Were places of refuge 1Sa 22:5; 23:16
- Jotham built towers, &c, in 2Ch 27:4
- The power of God extends over Ps 29:9
- Called on to rejoice at God's mercy Isa 44:23
- Often destroyed by enemies 2Ki 19:23; Isa 37:24; Jer 46:23
- ILLUSTRATIVE
Texts: Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.